Don't want songs on Recently Added list

I purchased some older songs that I want on my iPod but not on my Recently Added list. I want to keep the Recently Added songs as current hits, but the older songs in my library. I tried unchecking them in the Recently Added list but then they are unchecked in the library as well. Any ideas?

Hi
Yea, the unchecking thing isn't to recommend.
However here's one thing you can do:
Right-click on the recently added playlist - then enable the 'limit to' number in the playlist rules. You can set it to the last 25, 50, 100 or whatever number you like. Klick OK and you're done.
You can always go back and change the numbers afterwards if you like.
Here's an image to show you more specifically what I mean:
http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/3766/recentlyadded.jpg

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